Architecture A4

Group A4:
Aimee McAvoy, Mark Glover, Diarmuid Porter, Darragh Sherry, Sean Heffernan & Callum Black

Project Title:
P2 Intervention of Making

Introduction to the Project:
We have been asked to make a meaningful intervention that improves the experence of a selected activity space.

The last project we carried out was in Nick's Warehouse in Hill Street, which is situated in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast. This is an award winning restaurant which is opened for business throughout the day and evening. The building was formally a bond store for the famous "Bushmills" whiskey company. It then became a derelect pigeon loft before being transformed into one of Belfast's most popular restaurants.

After completing P1 assignment we were of the realisation that we would have to limit our intrusion into the daily activities within Nick's Warehouse. Therefore we decided to transfer our P2 assignment to an outdoor alternative location.

Sunday, 31 October 2010

Feedback from End Users

Quotes from the public/ end users of our installation:

Elderly man felt that it "Brightened up the space because the space is normally very dull and boring".  He "couldn't understand how Sean was walking on his head" whilst he was looking through the camera obscura.  He also commented on how he "disliked the St Anne's sculpture" as he "doesn't see the artistic point of it".  Overall he thought it was a "perfect" installation.

Darragh explaining how the camera obscura works to a passer - by


Two women "Loved the addition of colour" and wanted to know if "it was always going to be here [St. Anne's Square]" because they "think it should be a permanent fixture".

Young Girl "I loved running through the shapes.  It is like playing in the park".

Young girl running through the shapes and spaces

Teenager "I could relate to this product as I am currently studying about how cameras work and different lens in school in Physics class".

Woman "I am artist and I just loved the abstract shapes you created of the landmarks of Belfast City.  Good job".
  
Woman looking through camera obscura


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